Thanks for such a comprehensive answer. Although it’s great to hear such impressive power figures, it’s a shame that they can be fairly meaningless if it only translates to being usable a couple of times a lap. Same story with the F1 cars, for which I assume even the quoted ICE figures only apply to when the car hits the redline- which it doesn’t…[Read more]

The hugely experienced Marc Gené is the first driver to be confirmed as part of their lineup, too. Nobody else has been confirmed, although I firmly expect Nico Lapierre to be part of the team, given how he’s no longer part of the Toyota lineup, despite them stating their intentions to keep him. It’ll be fascinating to see who else becomes part of…[Read more]

Looks very similar to the car they finished with in Brazil. The cooling inlets are now a bit cleaner, I guess because with experience they can better estimate how big they should be and to design for that? The splitter is a bit different, the bodywork around the rear wheels is a bit different, but it looks very similar to the 2014 car.

Porsche have revealed the first pictures of their 2015-specification 919 running at their Weissach test track.

Some info from Porsche:

Extensive testing with the second generation of Porsche’s Le Mans prototype will begin on January 18, on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit. As scheduled, this marks the start of the 2015 motorsport season…

The adjusted F1 calendar completely, literally wrecked the WEC calendar – all but three WEC event clashes with an F1 race weekend, including the 6 Hours of Spa (albeit with the Korean GP, which is TBC), putting Nico Hülkenberg’s WEC programme in jeopardy, I’m afraid…

The provisional F1 calendar had only two clashes instead of the current five.

The adjusted F1 calendar completely, literally wrecked the WEC calendar – all but three WEC event clashes with an F1 race weekend, including the 6 Hours of Spa (albeit with the Korean GP, which is TBC), putting Nico Hülkenberg’s WEC programme in jeopardy, I’m afraid…

The provisional F1 calendar had only two clashes instead of the current five.…[Read more]

McLaren have far bigger issues than letting Alonso drive in some WEC races, personally I would love to see him and Hulkenberg team up in a WEC car, and see if they can win. McLaren just need to concentrate on getting back to the front of F1 with Honda first.

Mark Gallagher is right, would McLaren consider this a deal breaker to sign the driver of…[Read more]

McLaren have far bigger issues than letting Alonso drive in some WEC races, personally I would love to see him and Hulkenberg team up in a WEC car, and see if they can win. McLaren just need to concentrate on getting back to the front of F1 with Honda first.

Mark Gallagher is right, would McLaren consider this a deal breaker to sign the driver of…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing this. If you go to the museum at Le Mans they have model mockups of the start finish straights as they evolved over the years. It’s so shocking to see them just pulling over at the side of the road, right next to 150mph racing. It’s not really surprising that a massive accident occurred, and you can see the little grass bank…[Read more]